Awards

• Winner of Routledge Ancient History Prize 1994
• Winner of Routledge Ancient History Prize 1994.

Overview

Pompeii, destroyed in AD 79, provides exceptional archaeological data for study. Roman Pompeii examines the archaeological evidence in the light of recent work by archaeologists and historians. Throughout the book there is a tension as the two subjects, archaeology and history, inform and challenge each other. Innovative techniques derived from the disciplines of geography, architecture and the social sciences are also used. Throughout, Dr Laurence considers Pompeii as a city rather than as a series of archaeological fragments, emphasizing the relationship between social action and urban space. Dr Laurence gives a full account of the development of public buildings. He brings the city to life by locating individual neighbourhoods, places of work and areas where leisure activities took place. This book emphasizes that Pompeii was a social product of Roman society and attempts to account for its development. Roman Pompeii places the city in its wider context and the evidence it provides is used to enhance our understanding of classical cities in general and of the workings of the ancient economy. Roman Pompeii has been written for both scholars and students in the fields of archaeology and ancient history. It will also be of interest to students of architecture and to anyone who has visited Pompeii.

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uses methods of urban geographical studies to gain a better understanding of Pompeii as an example of Roman Urbanism.... his presentation and bibliography brings the reader up to date on many topics concerning Pompeii. Historians, archeologists, and advanced students of Roman Culture will profit from this book.. <br>- Religious Studies Review <br> [A] fresh approach immediately sets this study in a separate category from others that have been written about Pompeii. <br>- Journal of Field Archeology <br>

<p>'Unpedantic presentation of a vast store of factual information, all scrupulously referenced.' - JACT Review<p>'[This] second edition is bigger, and it is better... [it] will find a ready place amongst contemporary scholarship on Pompeii. It is up to date, engaging, well researched, and full of a wide range of imformation that is at once valuable and provocative.' - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

'Unpedantic presentation of a vast store of factual information, all scrupulously referenced.' - JACT Review '[This] second edition is bigger, and it is better... [it] will find a ready place amongst contemporary scholarship on Pompeii. It is up to date, engaging, well researched, and full of a wide range of imformation that is at once valuable and provocative.' - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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